Well these delays are getting longer and longer, so apologies once again, its becoming really difficult to take time out anymore. BUT thanks A LOT to all of you who have been sending messages of encouragement and visiting regularly, keep practicing and I will try my level best to update this as frequently as I can.

Anyway without much further ado, here is the classic “Shah laila Rasha sor paizwan pa shondo sro kaida” I don’t know where you heard it for the first time, but to me it reminds me of Gulzar’s voice on a white audio tape, that I played out loud from my sony tape recorder. I actually found a picture of the one that I had. So for the video I did a quick search on Youtube, but amazingly could not find much apart from those recent raunchy tele movies. But then I stumbled upon one with Mussarat Shaheen and Badar Munir, dunno the name of the movie, but the video has the classic 80s raunch that was the hallmark of the Mussarat Shaheen and Badar Munir duo.

Today’s lesson is this really old song, that Yaar Gul Ustaad hums a lot. Searched on YouTube for a video, but what I could find was this one really old version. The identity of the singer is not certain because there are two differing claims for the same song; this one video claims that her name is Naveeda Khan and this other one calls her Rehana Yasmeen if anyone can confirm, then do let me know. Also found this Rabab version from Shoukath Ustaaz with friends, really nice one.

So here is the lesson for today, keep practicing!

Full Version:

So first up is the Full Version, and these are the surs to be used for this song

And now Yar Gull Ustaad’s full version.

Main

First the chart

The lyrics

Ta Rata Ekhi Pa Zargi Khukulay Daghoona

MaPa MaPa NeNeNeNe Sa(.)DhaPaMa PaPaMa Ga

Gudara Wran Shay Tal They Yadawama

GaGaGa Ma Pa NeDhaPa MaMa

SaDhaPaMaMa

And now the video

Piece:

The chart

The Surs

Ma Dha Ne Sa(.)Sa(.)Sa(.)Sa(.)

Dha Ne Dha PaPaPaPa

Ga Pa Dha NeNeNeNe

DhaPaDhaPa MaMaMaMa

And now the video

Misra

Note: There are differences between the written version and the video version, I will discuss it with Yaar Gul Ustaad next week, and update this part accordingly, but at the moment, you can either follow the written one or the video one.

First of all I apologize for the long delay. The last post was more than a month ago, and the absence was because of a variety of distractions, most of which were unavoidable. Thank you so much for your messages of appreciation, they help a lot in getting motivated.

But in any case, here is the lesson for today: Paikhawar kho Paikhawar They Kana

As a Peshawarite, I am personally of the opinion that this song is the best musical dedication to my sweet Paikhawar. Here is the original video, with a tour of Paikhawar, there also is a concert version of the same. But the most interesting one is this one by this American band called The PashTones.

As usual, here is the chart with all the surs used for today

and here is the complete version from Yaar Gul Ustaad

Now the break up.

1- Main:

First the chart of surs that are used in this part.

Now the lyrics along with the sur break up.

Manam Khaista Khaista Kharoona Shta they

GaGa ReSa SaSaSa Re GaGaGa

Kho they Pa tolo Banday Bur they Kana

GaGa Ma PaPa DhaPa DhaPa MaMa

Da Her Zee Khpal Khwandoona Khpalay Mazay

DhaDha PaPa MaMa GaMa GaGa Re

Kho Paikhawar

ReRe Ga Ma

Kho Paikhawar they Kana

GaGa ReGaRe SaSa

Here is the video version of the same

2-Piece

First the chart

Ga Ma PaPa Ma Ga MaMa Sa Re GaGa ReRe SaSa

Now the video

3- Misra

Finally the misra, first the chart

Now the lyrics and the surs, they look like a lot but most of it is repeated, some from the main as well, so dont get intimidated🙂

Today we break up that classic folk song, “Shinwari Lawangeena”. Strangely I couldn’t find any old version but a recent and very well done version features Zarsanga, and Daud Hanif, the video was directed by Samar Minallah.

Here is the full version from Yaar Gul Ustaad

now the list of surs used in the song

Now to break up the song,

1-Main Body (Sir Nama):

First the chart for this part of the song:

Pa they Bara Kay

Sa T Sa T Ma Ma

Oba gaaday waaday zee na

Ma Ma Pa R Pa R Pa R Pa

Shinwaari Lawangeena

Ma Ma Pa R Pa R Pa R Pa

Wa Shinwaaari La Wang eena

Ma Pa R Sa(.) R Pa MaMaMaMa

here is the video

2-Piece

First the chart:

now the break up

Sa(.) Sa(.) Sa(.) Ne Y Sa(.) Ne R Ma Pa Ma Pa R Ne R Pa Ma MaMaMa

and now the video

3-Misra:

Now for the final part, first the surs used in this section

The following three lines are to be repeated two to three times in this order, and then comes the second part of the misra

Today’s lesson is that old classic “Ma Ta Pa Speena Khula Khandal Makawa”. The oldest video that I could find is one that features Javed Akhtar and Mashooq Sultan, its probably from the 60s. An Urdu version was sung by Ali Haider; titled “Zalim Nazroon Say Tum Na Mujh Ko Dekho”, which became a mega hit in the late 90s. As students at Quaid I Azam University in those days, my friends and I used to regularly do Attan on “Zalim Nazroon Say“. There also is a fusion version on rabab, that is done by Homayun Ustaad.

Anyway for this lesson, we are uploading separate sur charts for each of the three parts i.e. main body, piece and misra.

So start practicing! And do let us know how you are progressing!

Note: We specially thank an anonymous editor who volunteered to painstakingly correct the paragraph above. What you see right now is a result of many painful iterations, that resulted in high blood pressure for our editor. We thank our editor for this support and hope for more of the same in the future. I hope our editor is satisfied with this effort.

Full Song

So here is a list of all the surs that will be used today followed by the full song from Yaar Gul Ustaad.

now the song

2- Main Body (Sir Nama)

First the chart of surs to be used for this part only

As you can see now, this part is mostly concentrated on the upper two strings i.e. Kattay (top most) and Bum (the middle one), the thinnest and the lowest is called Zeer.

So here it goes,

Ma ta pa Speena Khula Khandal Makawa Murr Ba Ma Kay

Sa T Ga MaMaMa Pa Dha Pa MaMa PaPa Ma Ga

Zma Janaana Murr Ba May Kay

Ga Pa Dha Ne Dha Pa MaMaMa

Now here is the video

3- Piece

Its a pretty simple one, mostly concentrating on Bum and Zeer

here is the chart

Now the surs,

Sa(.)Sa(.) NeNe DhaDha DhaDha Ne Sa(.) Dha Ne Dha Pa Ma MaMaMa

and now the video

4-Misra

The chart for just the beginning of the misra is below, the second part is sung the same as the main body.

The song for today is the classic folk Zma Khkula Janana, the version that I heard while growing up was the one by Sardar Ali Takkar, but a little bit of search on youtube revealed this one by Rahim Ghamzada which I think predates the version by Takkar. But both are great to listen to, anyway here is Yaar Gul Ustaad playing the full song.